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SoftTalkeryesterday at 5:46 AM2 repliesview on HN

Weird critique from Sagan, who wrote a bestselling novel based on the idea of contact with extraterrestrials.


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chihuahuayesterday at 6:27 AM

The explanation is in the word "novel": it's a fictional book that is explicitly presented as fictional. Fiction means "made up", not claimed to be based on facts.

DonHopkinsyesterday at 7:45 AM

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